kubernetes-sigs/karpenter
Karpenter is a Kubernetes Node Autoscaler built for flexibility, performance, and simplicity.
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 13 days ago, with 123 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 9% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Improves Kubernetes cluster efficiency by automatically provisioning and deprovisioning nodes based on pod scheduling needs.
- Offers flexible, high-performance autoscaling that adapts quickly to workload demands while simplifying cluster management.
- Use for dynamically scaling Kubernetes nodes to optimize resource utilization and reduce cloud infrastructure costs.
- Use for multi-cloud Kubernetes environments requiring consistent autoscaling across providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Use for Kubernetes clusters needing rapid response to unschedulable pods with custom scheduling constraints and topology awareness.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
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About karpenter
Karpenter is a Kubernetes Node Autoscaler built for flexibility, performance, and simplicity.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+174 stars over 83 days across 9 snapshot days; best day +7 on Sep 23.
Forks
616+68
Open issues
392+110
Compared with peers in Kubernetes
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| superplanehq/superplane | 8.8K | +435 | 60 | 7 days ago |
| aquasecurity/trivy | 39.0K | +204 | 45 | today |
| agentgateway/agentgateway | 6.0K | +183 | 60 | 9 days ago |
| argoproj/argo-cd | 24.6K | +58 | 60 | 1 day ago |
| cilium/cilium | 25.8K | +52 | 65 | 3 days ago |
| kubernetes-sigs/karpenter | 2.3K | — | 64 | 13 days ago |
| Category median | 24.6K | +183 | 60 | — |
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